I don't have anything to say that you can't read in 8 other places. Maybe that right there hammers the point home more than anything else.
Amare and Diaw should not have been suspended. Period. Obviously reasons for that include:
1 - Common Sense
2 - They didn't do anything.
3 - You give incentive for a player to clean out a guy in front of the opposing team's bench.
4 - You force yourself to give Horry an unprecedented suspension (how did he get 2 games for a hard foul?), which is just as screwy.
5 - My favorite one, Duncan left the bench in a less escalated, but potentially similar way. The reason why this one is my favorite is watching Jalen Rose playing chicken with the league yesterday on TV by saying, look, if you suspend Amare and Diaw, you have to suspend Duncan. He almost seemed to be challenging Stu Jackson (image right) or trying to back him into a corner. It was great.
Anyway, this decision is EXACTLY like Bill Simmons' assessment of NBA GM's. They don't make trades because their jobs are not in jeopardy if they don't trade, but could be if they do. Here, Stu suspends Amare and Diaw because he can hide behind the idea of the letter of the law. It is more defensible in a court room. However, it is far less defensible in the court of common sense. Either way, it is easy for him to deflect the criticism he will receive this way.
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100% behind you on this one. It's a joke. With GSW and now the Suns getting kicked from the playoffs, my interest will be down to zero.
San Antonio IS damned good though.
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